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What Can Azerbaijan Expect From Its New Partnership With China?

Azerbaijan is cautiously welcoming more Chinese investment, but its desire to keep outside companies away from strategic industries could cause friction.

· August 13, 2024
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Armenia Navigates a Path Away From Russia

A successful peace agreement with Azerbaijan would mean Armenia would have more options and would be able to lessen its historical dependence on Russia and pursue a stronger partnership with the West. A continuation of the status quo gives Russia more opportunities to reapply its traditional levers of control.  

· July 11, 2024
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Carnegie Politika
The Cost of Russia’s Friendship With Azerbaijan

Amid the war in Ukraine, Azerbaijan has become an essential partner for Russia when it comes to both energy exports, and keeping open a transport corridor to Iran.

· May 7, 2024
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Carnegie Politika
Can Energy Ties Prevent an Azerbaijan–EU Rift?

While Baku appears inclined to pursue a “business only” arrangement with the European Union, it’s unclear whether that would be acceptable for Brussels.

· April 8, 2024
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Carnegie Politika
South Caucasus Turns Away From Russia Toward Middle East

Rapid geopolitical change is curtailing Russian power in the South Caucasus, boosting the influence of Middle Eastern countries and bookending the region’s “post-Soviet” history.

· February 8, 2024
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Carnegie Politika
Landmark Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Treaty Inches Closer

Despite their bloody history and repeated recent disappointments, a long-term accommodation between Armenia and Azerbaijan is within reach.

· January 23, 2024
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Carnegie Politika
Defeated Armenia Looks to a New, Post-Russia Foreign Policy

Yerevan does not want to repeat the mistakes of the past by relying too much on a single ally.

· November 27, 2023
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Carnegie Politika
Can There Be Lasting Peace Between Armenia and Azerbaijan?

Instead of Russian and Western drafts of a peace treaty, there will now only be one: Azerbaijan’s.

· October 27, 2023
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Nagorno-Karabakh Shows That Russia Has Lost Control of Its Near-Abroad

Moscow’s ability to play the role of regional power broker has been hobbled by the invasion of Ukraine

  • Alexander Gabuev
· October 3, 2023
The Financial Times
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Carnegie Politika
What the Dissolution of Nagorno-Karabakh Means for the South Caucasus

Any broader peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan would signal the start of a new era in the South Caucasus. Russia’s influence would decline, and Turkey’s—grow.

· September 29, 2023